A critical response to A.I.   Artificial intelligence has become the centre of our world. Generative AI; be it Chat GPT, Gemini, Grok or the endless new examples appearing every day, are in my opinion, taking the place of genuine human thoughts and connection. I believe we can consider these models to be thieves; stealing our art, our minds, our jobs, our water and, to the largest extent, our future. ‘Second-hand thinking’ is creating a world where people no longer must make the effort...

Sunday Morning   The pallid mist is silent  Stalking through the valley  flushing out the rats  and bringing with it  a faint speckling of rain  God is resting  he no longer presides  over his flock - there is no need.  when solitary shots  echo through farmland  panic does not stir  rather a spectrum awakens  from prideful comfort at upholding tradition  to mild vexation at  the puncturing of serenity  though the birds don’t stop their serenade.  if single shots stutter  pair and mate,...

Strangers being annoyingly intimate in the car behind me  If I starved this animal of love Or starved it of oxygen How would it react? Is it the same thing? That couple behind me Look much less important than this Her touching his hair A loose arm across her shoulders Another flattened palm against his stomach A primitive test to see if we pretend not to care About the possibility of affection But no I can’t give you a lift No space on the back of this bus Just roll over Play dead Pray for a...